In Matthew 25:40, Jesus says, “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.”

Widows and orphans are very special in God’s eyes and caring for them brings extraordinary favor to our lives.

About 7 weeks ago, Laurie Roberts cried out to the LORD for help, He heard, and He put a burden on my heart to help.

What has happened in the past 7 weeks has been incredible and I believe that’s because ESC Works has God’s heart for the orphans. What the LORD did at KEYS LA to bless Laurie, Bev, Ieesha, and ESC Works was amazing and brings tears to my eyes.

The LORD has called a holy assembly and we are part of that holy assembly. This may be one of the greatest move of God we ever see in our lives.

While the foreign policy elite in Washington focuses on the 8,000 deaths in a conflict in Syria — half a world away from the United States — more than 47,000 people have died in drug-related violence since 2006 in Mexico. A deeply troubled state as well as a demographic and economic giant on the United States’ southern border, Mexico will affect America’s destiny in coming decades more than any state or combination of states in the Middle East. Indeed, Mexico may constitute the world’s seventh-largest economy in the near future.

Mexico, in addition to the obvious challenge of China as a rising great power, will help write the American story in the 21st century. Mexico will partly determine what kind of society America will become, and what exactly will be its demographic and geographic character, especially in the Southwest. The U.S. relationship with China will matter more than any other individual bilateral relationship in terms of determining the United States’ place in the world, especially in the economically crucial Pacific. If policymakers in Washington calculate U.S. interests properly regarding those two critical countries, then the United States will have power to spare so that its elites can continue to focus on serious moral questions in places that matter less.